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Victor Sullivan wrote:gimil knows what I'm talkin' about
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
Bruceswar wrote:Just a quick thought but does Oct 22nd seem a bit soon? A full month would be better?
Industrial Helix wrote:Uh, Can I get a bonus border clarification?
Is Sepik: Wewak, Aitape, Amanab and Vanimo?
Also, is the Southern highlands only: Mendi, Tari, Koroba?
Thyanks in advance!
DiM wrote:Bruceswar wrote:Just a quick thought but does Oct 22nd seem a bit soon? A full month would be better?
2 weeks for that map is more than enough.
not only you have a real region with all the general details already set but you also have a pre-made gameplay so you don't have to bother coming up with something interesting, or making borders, or even inventing names and calculating bonuses. all you have to do is draw a nice image over a pre-made draft. that's 3 hours tops if you do everything from scratch. if you take a shortcut and go for a san-francisco style map then it's an hour maximum.
Bruceswar wrote:DiM wrote:Bruceswar wrote:Just a quick thought but does Oct 22nd seem a bit soon? A full month would be better?
2 weeks for that map is more than enough.
not only you have a real region with all the general details already set but you also have a pre-made gameplay so you don't have to bother coming up with something interesting, or making borders, or even inventing names and calculating bonuses. all you have to do is draw a nice image over a pre-made draft. that's 3 hours tops if you do everything from scratch. if you take a shortcut and go for a san-francisco style map then it's an hour maximum.
3 hours? WOW? that is quick? I do not 3 hours would cut it. Maybe I am off?
DiM wrote:the map is done. and since it turned out better than i expected i'll enter it in the contest so i can't show you the image. but i'm sending gimil the image via pm and he can confirm you that it is done.
also i've taken a couple of screenshots with the timestamp to prove it. also to gimil via pm.
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
gimil wrote:DiM wrote:the map is done. and since it turned out better than i expected i'll enter it in the contest so i can't show you the image. but i'm sending gimil the image via pm and he can confirm you that it is done.
also i've taken a couple of screenshots with the timestamp to prove it. also to gimil via pm.
He ain't lying!
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DiM wrote:that looks very good benn. indeed mountains can be a bitch sometimes.
but you know what was the most time consuming part for me?
terit names and army numbers. of the total of 2 hours and 10-15 minutes i spent something like 45 minutes just on deciding what font i should use, what effects it should have and where should i place the terit names so that army numbers would fit. and then i had to get the army numbers and place them in each terit so that all colours appear in all continents. not hard but tedious and boring as hell.
DiM wrote:well years ago there was a layer battle and there were various mini graphic contests.
don't know if it's been done since but it would be great to have this thing brought back.
also i'd love to see thematic speed contests. for example once a month for 6 hours (a decent time to get a map done) any map maker goes in the chat and a CA gives a theme (let's say pirates, or your neighbourhood, or gay penguins) and each person starts making the map reporting the progress every hour to the CA (a screenshot of the map to show progress). then the maps get voted and the winner is uploaded on the site. of course a lot of work is still needed to balance gameplay and perhaps even touch up graphics but that can be done while in beta.
natty_dread wrote:I was wrong
gimil wrote:DiM wrote:well years ago there was a layer battle and there were various mini graphic contests.
don't know if it's been done since but it would be great to have this thing brought back.
also i'd love to see thematic speed contests. for example once a month for 6 hours (a decent time to get a map done) any map maker goes in the chat and a CA gives a theme (let's say pirates, or your neighbourhood, or gay penguins) and each person starts making the map reporting the progress every hour to the CA (a screenshot of the map to show progress). then the maps get voted and the winner is uploaded on the site. of course a lot of work is still needed to balance gameplay and perhaps even touch up graphics but that can be done while in beta.
Absolutely no way, am I going to contribute 6 hour of my time to something like this! As cool as it sounds.
But I would like to see more ways to allow people to compete against each other. Graphical competition pushes us all to become better with our chosen programs.
DiM wrote:well years ago there was a layer battle and there were various mini graphic contests.
don't know if it's been done since but it would be great to have this thing brought back.
also i'd love to see thematic speed contests. for example once a month for 6 hours (a decent time to get a map done)
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